The history of salt

by Evan Marlett Boddy

[Title Page]

THE
HISTORY OF SALT;

WITH OBSERVATIONS
ON ITS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION,
GEOLOGICAL FORMATION,
AND
MEDICINAL AND DIETETIC PROPERTIES.
BY
EVAN MARLETT BODDY, F.R.C.S., F.S.S.,
LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; LICENTIATE IN MIDWIFERY;
ETC., ETC., ETC.
“Salt is good.”

LONDON:
BAILLIÈRE, TINDALL, AND COX,
20, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND.
1881.
[All Rights Reserved.]

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To
WILLIAM BARNARD BODDY ESQ.,
Formerly R.N., SURGEON;
THIS
TREATISE
IS
Affectionately Dedicated
BY HIS SON,
EVAN MARLETT BODDY

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	INTRODUCTION	[7]
II.	HISTORY OF SALT	[9]
III.	SALT AS A CHEMICAL, THERAPEUTICAL, AND TOXICOLOGICALAGENT	[25]
IV.	GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION	[29]
V.	GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF SALT	[42]
VI.	EFFECTS ON ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE LIFE	[53]
VII.	MEDICINAL AND DIETETIC PROPERTIES	[61]
VIII.	PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES	[87]
IX.	CONCLUSION	[92]
	APPENDIX	[94]